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T. GRASER. King Bolt.`

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UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE GRASER, OF OSWEGO, NEW YORK, (WILLIAM BURR, EXECUTOR OF THEODOBE GRASER, DEOEASED.)

KING-BOLT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,283, dated March 1, 1881.

Application filed August 10, 1880. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEoDonE GRASER, of Oswego, in the county of Oswego, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in King-Bolts for Oarriages, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view of ro my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse section,and Fig. 3 an enlarged longitudinal sectional View, ot' same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the forward axle of a vehicle, and B the head-block, usually pivoted to the axle by the king-bolt passing through either one or both of saidparts. It is to obviate this penetration and the resultant weakening ofthe zo forward running-gear of the vehicle which `my invention has for its object; and to that end I employ a clip, C, applied to the axle, and having on top a rigid upward-projecting stud, D, formed with a contracted neck, a, on which is z5 swiveled a plate, b, which rests on a collar or shoulder, o, formed on the stud D at the base of the neck a. The stud D terminates above the neck a. with a head, d, which prevents the plate b being raised ott' the stud D. The plate 3o b is secured to the head-block hy clips e e near the ends of said plate. Downward projections r r on the extremities of the plate b restrain the clips e e from leaving said plate. Between the plate b and head -block B is interposed another plate, f, forming the main stay of the head-block, said plate extending lpast the ends of the plate b, and heilig additionally secured to the head-block by clips g g at the extremities ot' said plate f. The head d ot' the stud D protrudes through the platef 4o and part way into the head-block, as best seen in Figs. 2 and `3 of the drawings, thereby effectually preventing the shifting ot' the pivotal point on the head-block.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the axle A and headblock B, the clip U, having the stud D, formed with the collar c, neck a, and head d, the plate b, swiveled on the deck (t, platef, swiveled on the head d, the head-block having a socket for the endot' said head, and the clips e e and g g, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and axed my seal, in the presence of two attesting Witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, this 20th day of July, 1880. I

THEoDonE GRASER. [n s.|

Witnesses:

E. LAAss, WM. F. RAYMOND. 

